07/31/2014
Capt.Jeremy had a 4 hour trip today that departed at 7am. He reported
action of redfish, flounder, whiting, bluefish and ladyfish as well as
a shark. Wind was stiff at about 10knots, but very fishable. Water clarity
was good as well.
07/30/2014
Capt.Jeremy had a 4 hour bull river trip this morning departing
at 8 am until 12 pm, then I had a miss judy trip leaving bahia bleu at
1pm until 5pm. Capt. Jeremy reported the action was slow. A couple other
captains that ran the judy trip with me, also were out this morning and
reported slow bites and short fish. My guys were all novice anglers, but
we did bring in a couple nice trout and caught some afternoon sharks.
One of my guys tossed a rod and reel over the side of the boat. Had 2
quarts of live bait stolen this morning as well, but was able to catch
most fish on mud minnows and did pick up more live shrimp. Tuff day period.
Did notice on the barometer a high pressure build when the wind picked
up so much to 15k this afternoon. Around 5 pm wind subsided and the barometer
dropped some, so better fishing during the next few days!
07/27/2014
Capt.Jeremy had a 6 hour trip today with Ed and his daughter.
They went with Capt. Jeremy last year about the same time. I spoke to
Ed and he said they had a great time. They caught plenty of speckled seatrout
and assortment of other fish and some nice sharks. They were strictly
releasing fish. It was windy out in the sound but hot as blazes back at
the dock.They Departed at 8am this morning and returned at 2pm . Below
is a few pictures of the catches today.
07/26/2014
Capt. Rick had a 6 hour 3 person Trip with Randy and his 2 friends
from texas that departed at 6:30 am. Capt. Jeremy had Chuck and his wife
on a 6 hour 2 person trip that departed at 1 pm. Capt. Jeremy reported
the camera needed recharging so he didn't take any pictures, He also had
a 4 hour trip on 7.25.2014 for bull river and didn't have the camera.
Any
way the following pictures were from Capt. Ricks trip with Randys group.
Water was clear but the winds were opposite the tides so we had some chop
most of the day. We fished the last of the incoming and 4 hours of outgoing.
We Released all fish today, as they didn't want to keep anything. Capt.
Jeremys group kept some seatrout and flounder.
Capt.
Ricks group caught speckled seatrout, a lizard fish, a ladyfish, 3 bonnethead
sharks that the group wanted to catch. Also caught some keeper whiting
and slot redfish, with the biggest at 20 inches We had nonstop action
at most places. Capt Jeremy reported catching and releaseing close to
15 short trout as well as the ones that they kept. This was a really full
day of fishing and catching.
07/24/2014
Capt. Jeremy had a 2 back to back trips today. His first trip
was a 2 person 6 hour trip that departed at 7am. They were in the fish
most of the whole trip. Water temp is still in the mid 80's and the clarity
was better than stained. Capt. Jeremy reports that there is a lot of live
bait out in the sound. His first trip was with Michael and his brother.
They kept 10 Speckled Seatrout, released a huge number of redfish and
released a big bonnethead shark and kept a very big flounder. His 2nd
trip was for bull river marina and was 2 people that were on a honeymoon.
They departed at 2 pm and returned around 6pm. They caught and released
several seatrout. The last picture in this series is of the bull river
trip. All in all a very full and long day of fishing for Capt. Jeremy!
What alot of people don't release is all the before and after work. We
strive to start each trip with Live bait. This can be tuff to get somedays.
Then at the end of each trip the boat has to be cleaned, fueled and all
the fishing equipment oiled and rerigged for the next day. So 10 hours
on the water translates to about 14 hours of fishing and prep time.
07/23/2014
Capt. Jeremy had a 6 hour 2 person trip today with Jack and his
son Zach from Minn. They departed at 7am and had a good bit of action
all day. They caught redfish, speckled seatrout, ladyfish, sharks,croakers.
They decided to Keep some speckled seatrout so they kept 10 Speckled Seatrout.
Both sharks, a nice bonnethead and a small bull shark were released unharmed.
Water was stained and the bait of choice was mud minnows and shrimp. Water
temp is holding at around 83 degrees. The last picture was of the trout
cleaned and bagged up.
07/22/2014
Capt. Jeremy had a 6 hour 2 person trip today with Larry and Rich
from North Georgia. They departed at 11 am. Fished alot of water today
but wanted a few flounder to keep. They got broken off a couple times
but managed to keep a nice black drum and 4 flounder. They were fishing
around the beach fronts most of the day. They lost another flounder in
the boat, actually the biggest one, taking him off the hook, it saw the
gunnel and made a flounder leap to freedom!
07/21/2014
Capt. Jeremy had a 6 hour 4 person trip today with David and his
family. Below is a picture of Victoria holding a nice Speckled seatrout.
They caught a variety of fish. Kept some seatrout and flounder. Water
clarity was stained and somewhat rough out today.
07/20/2014
Capt. Jeremy had a 6 hour 2 person trip today with Brad and his
Dad Henry. They caught redfish, seatrout and whiting and sharks. However
they weren't keeping anything. Water was stained and water temp was in
the mid 80's. Here is Henry with a nice bonnethead shark released.
07/19/2014
Capt. Rick and Capt. Jeremy ran 2 trips today. Capt. Ricks 6 hr.trip
departed at 6:30 from Judys, while Capt. Jeremys 4 hour trip left at 1pm
from Bull River Marina. The bite was somewhat slow this morning and after
Capt. Ricks group caught a bonnethead shark, they decided to quit trout
fishing and go for a large sandbar shark. That was at dead low tide. Unfortunatly
we didn't get one today, but went back and did catch several speckled
seatrout, many just a shade short of keeper size. We kept some whiting
as well. Had a breakoff of a bull red or a large shark at our last drop.
Also had a stingray give birth on the boat while being unhooked. We also
caught a few ladyfish.
Capt.
Jeremys group kept some flounder, and speckled seatrout, the largest a
shade over 20 inches. Also they landed and released 3 bonnethead sharks.
Caught some ladyfish and blue fish as well. Capt. Jeremys pictures start
below the tiny stingray.
07/18/2014
Capt. Rick ran a 4 person 6 hour trip with 10 year old Tommy and
his 2 brothers and father for miss judy. We departed her dock at 7am.
Caught and released quite a few short trout and kept some keepers as well.
Biggest trout was 18 inches. Caught and released a couple bonnethead sharks,
and a robin fish. Largest fish of the day was a Jack Crevelle that bottomed
out my boga grip at 30lb. Estimated this fish to weigh around 40lbs. Water
temp was 83 and very stained. The large jack spooled the reel and we had
to chase him from 3 feet of water out into 20ft. When I say spooled it
went to the arbor knot tying the line to the reel. The 16 year old brother
layed down during the whole trip, due to motion sickness.
07/16/2014
Capt. Jeremy ran a 3 person 6 hour trip with Dalton and his brothers.
They departed at 7am and caught several fish including speckled seatrtout,
redfish, ladyfish, and flounder. Water temp is in the mid 80's and stained
from daily afternoon rainstorms. Below is one of the flounder they kept.
07/12/2014
Capt. Jeremy ran a 3 person 6 hour trip after the first one got
rained out at 7am. Capt. Jeremy departed around 12 noon with James, and
Hunter and another Hunter from Statesboro, Ga. ! They caught a lot of
different fish, but the largest was a 21.5 inch speckled seatrout that
was released to spawn. All in all a good last minute trip!
07/11/2014
Capt. Jeremy ran a 2 person 2 hour trip today for Bull River marina.
They did not want to keep anything. Capt. Jeremy said they caught and
released over 20 speckled seatrout, some small, some keepers and a few
small redfish. However the biggest fish caught today was a very large
Bonnethead shark,that was revived and released .
07/09/2014
Capt. Jeremy ran a 4 person 6 hour trip today with Wally and Stephen
and 2 of their sons. They had a productive day catching a lot of fish.
They had some throwbacks on short redfish, but also caught some bluefish,
ladyfish, whiting, flounder Speckled seatrout, with one trout 20 inches.
The water temp was 84 degrees and the water clarity was stained to clear.
They kept 10 speckled seatrout and 1 flounder for a meal. All in all a
good day on the water with some great anglers!
07/06/2014
Capt. Rick ran a last minute trip for Miss Judy today. She had
2 adults and 4 children, with one under 6. He did not fish by himself.
We fished the last of the outgoing and 1st hour of the incoming, dodgeing
rainstorms. We had a GREAT trout bite, but they missed alot of fish, due
to inexperience. Kept 3 nice trout, 2 whiting and 1 bonnethead shark.
Released 3 bonnetheads and 2 spinnersharks.
07/05/2014
Capt. Rick Scouted today due to one of Capt. Jeremys trips got
a last minute cancel. Fished alone and the seatrout bite was hot. Decided
to keep 6 for a meal and released 25 for another day. Note, some of the
released trout were short, but should be legal in a week or so. Also caught
and released 3 bonnethead sharks and a couple bluefish. Fished the last
hour of the outgoing and the first couple of the incoming. Water temp
was 85, but wind got up quick as the morning warmed up.
07/01/2014
Capt. Rick had a 3 hour trip with 4 persons departing at 12 pm
from the Weston hotel as part of a group trip for Miss Judy. Needless
to say we didn't have much time to travel if we wanted to fish any at
all. We ran from the Weston on the Savannah River to the Bull river and
fished for whatever we could get to bite a live shrimp. We hooked up 3
bonnethead sharks, 2 blacktip sharks a couple ladyfish and bluefish, then
up anchor and back to the Weston. A fast trip, but plenty of action for
a short time. All fish were released unharmed.
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